Max von Zedtwitz

Director, GLORAD

Max von Zedtwitz is an expert in global R&D management and innovation. A professor at KTU in Lithuania and other universities in China, the Americas and Europe, he runs GLORAD, the Center for Global R&D and Innovation with locations in Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Silicon Valley, Kaunas, Heilbronn, and St. Gallen. Previously, he was Vice President at PRTM, Managing Director of AsiaCompete Int’l, and professor at Skoltech, Tsinghua, Beijing University, and IMD in Switzerland. He holds Ph.D. and MBA degrees from HSG University of St. Gallen, and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University.